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The Dollars Trilogy zodiac signs

I thought about these long and hard, together with my friends, and I think I've reached the most fitting conclusions about everybody. Joe from AFOD: Capricorn 100%. Hard-working, emotionally reserved, protective, goal-oriented, ambitious, stubborn, and, of course:

Ramon: Tell me: why you are doing this for us? Joe: 500 hundred dollars? Manco from FAFDM: Leo Dominant, direct, self-confident and stubborn to the point of arrogance, takes initiative and isn't afraid of anything or anybody, always has to have the last word:

Manco: How can somebody in my business go around with a contraption like this? Mortimer: That contraption almost sent you to your grave. Manco: You're forgetting one thing, colonel: I was shooting at your hat. Mortimer: Well, I was only shooting at yours. Manco: I recall firing first. Mortimer from FAFDM: Libra Clever, strategic, loves beautiful things (including himself), self-absorbed, overthinking. idealistic, indecisive to the point of shyness:

Manco: What about our partnership? Mortimer: Maybe next time... Indio from FAFDM: Aquarius Intelligent problem-solver, independent, unpredictable, emotionally reserved (but has quick sudden bursts of emotion), strong sense of justice, unforgiving:

Indio: This time you'll have a chance to shoot me, but not in the back.

Tuco from TGBU: I wasn't sure at first, but then it dawned on me - classic Scoprio!

INTENSE at everything, determined, fearless, ambitious, brutally direct, resentful, afraid to seem vulnerable:

Tuco: Nice guy, my brother. I didn't tell you my brother was in charge here. Everything, like the pope almost. He's in charge in Rome. My brother, he says to me: "Stay, brother, don't go home. "We never see each other. Here, there's plenty to eat and drink. Bring your friend, too." Whenever we see each other, he never lets me go. It's always the same story. My brother, he's crazy about me.

Blondie from TGBU: Pisces Laidback, creative, intuitive, moody, super adaptable, empathetic, generous:

Blondie: (comforts a dying soldier) Sentenza from TGBU: Taurus Persistent, patient, receptive, ambitious, isn't fond of authority, reliable and very thorough:

Sentenza: I almost forgot. He gave me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you. But you know, the pity is, when I'm paid... I always follow my job through. You know that. What do you think?

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I watch: 'the dollars trilogy'.

First of all, as the Director said:, Douglas and Angelo are the most corrupt people. Everyone writes about the theory of twins.

I love Douglas and I called him Dougie. 🧡🧡🧡🧡

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Confronted with the homoerotic from an Italian and American tradition it is not surprising that Leone explores “the theme of friendship that can spring up between two men” in The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Frayling,173). While strong defenders of their bachelorhood and independence, Tuco (Eli Wallach) and Blondie (Clint Eastwood) engage in a relationship that challenges heterosexual norms. “Based on economic competition but also on something else that entails grudging admiration and respect, if not affection and tenderness,” their ambivalent relationship is central to the film (Landy, 190). Obvious examples of homosocial men, Tuco and Blondie are rarely far from each other’s side. Even if they are almost killing each other at times it is clear that their friendship is essential “to ensure their survival in a hostile wilderness” (Packard, 5). With no traces of femininity, of what Leone calls “an obstacle to survival” the film takes on a homoerotic tone similar to that of the Italian tradition (Frayling, 128). It is not overtly sexual at all, but hints of affection between the two men definitely exist. When Tuco is receiving a horrific beating at the hands of Prisoner Guard Wallace, Blondie stands outside with the other prisoners; the troubled look on his face combined with the gentle, moving music, suggests a shared emotional intimacy between him and Tuco. The film’s conclusion solidifies their friendship as Blondie, the archetypal rebel, reveals his loyalty to Tuco by killing Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) instead. A friendship that can only exist in the wild, Tuco and Blondie’s relationship is such an emulation of classic homoeroticism that it often goes unnoticed. Nevertheless, a pluralistic reading of the genres history and knowledge of Leone’s influences push the queer element to the forefront.

Homosexuality and the Italian Spaghetti Western by Jenna Bond Volume 11, Issue 11 / November 2007

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We Need to Talk About Joe (But Not Only Him!)

I know that Joe isn’t everyone’s favorite simply because he’s got no pairing attached to him, and I can respect that. Still, I love and respect him a lot (A LOT), and with this post and the next one I want to answer two questions that many people usually ask themselves when they watch A Fistful of Dollars.

1) Why is traditional narrative subverted, and Joe doesn’t fall in love with Marisol?

2) Who is he talking about when he risks his life for Marisol’s family, mentioning somebody he knew once who found themselves in a similar position but nobody came to help?

So. First one is easy. Joe is gay.

Think me one of those overexcited teens who head canon all their faves as gays if you want to, but it doesn’t change the fact that he is heavily coded as a homosexual man. Let’s see.

The first time he sees Marisol and smiles at her, and she flees back into the house:

Joe is concerned by the situation with Marisol and her family, which he just witnessed, and he doesn’t get why Marisol flees when he offers her friendliness after seeing her in distress. She most likely assumes that he’s hitting on her in that moment, which Ramon wouldn’t like at all, but Joe is just being nice, like he so often, if not to say always, is. He likes people, and he likes things, treating both with respect and certain amount of sympathy by default. His first response to finding himself being laughed at and dangling from some lamp post after the humiliating, highly unpleasant encounter with Baxters is to politely greet Silvanito, who is watching him and replies saludos in amusement.

Which brings us to the fact that Joe is very, very gentle. Soft-spoken. Playful. There are heterosexual and bisexual men who would fit the characteristics as well, but if you think about cinema as an ultra complex structure where everything stands for something else because only then you can effectively create meaning, you’ll realize that it’s rather atypical - and main characters are all about prototyping - especially for the American cinema of the 1960s, to have a male protagonist, especially in a Western, which is traditionally the genre that supplies the American society with the icons of rough masculinity, to be not assertive but at the very least nuanced by all of the above.

Then, we’ve got the way Joe interacts with women and the way he interacts with men. We’ve got Marisol, whom he protects, shows her respect, and compassion. At no point is he shown to be interested in her, even though she is a striking beauty. He never makes an insinuation or anything even remotely similar about it either. When he carries her to the Baxters to make sure that she is okay, he does it neutrally, there is no moment of hesitation or impropriety or the like. He doesn’t make any insinuation when he ambushes Mrs. Baxter either, he just informs her that he isn’t going to hurt her. And when he husband comes into the room, after disarming him, Joe coldly explains that he did as a precaution because men tend to get territorial when there are other men around their spouses. He elicited the same reaction from Ramon later, when he spoke to Marisol, simply showing consideration towards her. If there was any interest in either of the women on his part his cinematically constructed point of view or the script would have reflected that - as an aside, as a close-up, as something. But no, Joe simply perceives women as human beings, towards whom he is friendly but neutral.

On the other hand, his way of interacting with men is, well, different.

He either watches them unblinkingly, smiling, or coquettishly blinks a lot, and tilts his head, he needlessly touches his face or slows down his movements. He obviously unconsciously cares about the way he is perceived by them - and not as a threat or an opponent or somebody who could dominate them, on contrary, he is, to a very small degree, showing submissiveness. He also confuses them by doing so because he appears courteous and emotionally accessible, which is not something traditionally associated with masculine gender performance and heterosexuality.

And speaking of performance and appearance, even though Joe has the same basic recognizable attributes as Manco or - partially - Blondie, he leaves an impression that’s nothing like them. Just compare this:

And this:

To THIS:

(And there are people who say Clint can’t act, imagine being that insensible, lol.)

And here are some more mannerism to drive the point home:

So, yeah. I’m not the one making the rules. Joe is heavily coded as gay. Manco, on the other hand, is coded bisexually. And Blondie, well, is a difficult but also very interesting case because he is an autist and a virgin.

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A Tuco sketch for a wonderful friend :) @seadem-on @krakeninaforest

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and since I’ve head that “gentle bounty hunter eyeing of each other” post, I’ll also have this

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feel free to ostracize me after this, the dollars people

I can’t help noting that the first encounter of Tuco and Blondie begs for a Freudian reading.

When Blondie saves Tuco’s hide, we get this OH WOW short:

Then, the moment is interpolated with this shot of Blondie's gun, well, cocked.

And then there is this DAMN shot with a proud, happy, and pleased smirk from Tuco:

We don’t get a full shot of Blondie’s figure, or one of his face; we get that shot with the pistol and we get that impressed smirk, you know. As if there were some subliminal subtext...

....... I’ll see myself out.

But seriously, on a completely different note, Tuco is so absolutely aghast in the first seconds after the three nearly-simultaneous shots that you can’t help realizing that he isn’t only surprised to discover that his life was spared but more importantly is actually touched by the idea that somebody, a complete stranger, would save him, like he is also a human being who by all means deserves life... Tuco has a lot of internalized self-doubt and is obviously not used to kindness in any shape or form, and I think that that moment really has drawn him to Blondie instantly on a subconscious level.

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It’s been many years since my last spree of videos, but, yeah, here is another one. This time it’s the GBU. Blondie, and Tuco, and their unique, strange, tragicomic, and, at the end of the day, simply right and reliable bond.

Feedback is very appreciated.

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